I remember something back in May/June about Asus releasing BIOS updates to allow multiplier overclocking on H series Haswell boards. Did this ever happen? It's just about the only thing that might tempt me back to Asus boards.
Not one in particular, I'm just asking if someone from Asus can clarify which boards support this feature. I spent a while trawling through their website looking for references to it and hoping to find a definitive list, without success.
They won't give you a list, as they are officially meant to be locked according to Intel specifications. I have a GIGABYTE H97M-D3H in our server and it happily overclocks the Pentium K chip in there without issues. I ran it at 4.2GHz, albeit briefly, to see if it could do it. (Turns out, the chip is a 5.3GHz @1.45v on phase chip!) Does the board absolutely have to be an ASUS one?
Is this because if they market it as a selling point, they're worried about Intel nullifying it with a microcode update, or something? Heavens no! I'm just not up on Haswell and compatible boards, so I'm not aware of other manufacturers doing the same thing, and I'm not looking to shell out for a Z series board; if and when I decide to buy.
H** were meant to be locked down (in the BIOS) as it would force people to go down the more expensive Z** road in order to be able to overclock. Since H** boards feature about 90% of what the Z** feature, locking it down was one of the ways to force people into more expensive boards. One manufacturer released a BIOS that unlocked that feature, and the rest soon followed suite.
Thanks for clarifying that buddy, I'm also considering an H series board but might fancy overclocking at some point, so this is great info. +Rep for your efforts.
